I'm not super worried about the feelings of people overseas
who took advantage of American policy makers for a long time,
who decided to just have open markets with no conditions.
America's trade representative Jameson Greer has had a busy nine months
since his boss Donald Trump unleashed reciprocal tariffs on the world.
Liberation Day shocked America's trade partners, and not just because of the scale of the levies, but also their scope.
Tariffs are now a super weapon, deployed to punish foes and pressure friends.
I traveled to Washington to ask Ambassador Greer
whether tariffs are now a permanent feature of American policy,
and what's plan B if the Supreme Court strikes them down.
Ambassador Jameson Greer, thank you so much for speaking to Inside Geopolitics.
Hello, it's great to be here.
This room has a lot of history.
We're in the White House complex, and this is the room
where the US-led financial order, there was some history made here.
I think they signed the Bretton Woods agreement to set up the IMF.
And almost a year ago you were sworn in here.
That's exactly right.
I stood just a little bit behind where you were sitting and was sworn in.
I'll even go you one better, across the street is my building called the Winder Building,